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[cupcake_goth]

You know, I can't decide which bothers me more when I have headphones on: tapping me on the shoulder to get my attention, or standing behind me and clapping your hands loudly.

Both make me want to hit something, though.

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[lyndi.livejournal.com]

It may just be me - but how else are people supposed to get your attention with headphones on? Can you see them standing behind you?

Atleast when I worked at Amazon.crap the cubies were open enough that I could see someone standing there.

Do you have that at work? (If memory serves you're in an office, right?) What about getting one of those small mirrors taped to the top of your computer monitor so that you can see if someone walks behind you?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

When I need to get the attention of someone wearing headphones, I step to one side of them and say their name. It seems less ... abrupt than tapping them or clapping my hands would be.

Part of my annoyance is the person who did this is my cow-orker who is a bit lacking in social skills; everything they do is slightly annoying, sadly.

[lyndi.livejournal.com]

Fuck - that is annoying. Especially considering that this person is a close worker with you.

I can understand about the clapping - that would piss me off too. I was just thinking that if you're in a hard to "reach" area (like facing a wall) what you could to prevent something like them touching you.

[ladymoira.livejournal.com]

Which is why if I am unable to get you go physically notice me I will merely lay a light hand on your shoulder or upper arm. Less annoying. :)

Personally I don't care to be tapped even when I'm not wearing headphones. It rates right up there with tugging on my clothes(which is ok if your 2). :)

[ladymoira.livejournal.com]

Of course that's assuming I have already tried both verbal and visual tactics.

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

Gee...lots of experience dealing with *my* aversion to having someone tapping on me? <lmao>

[reddheart.livejournal.com]

I never like it when I'm snuck on. It's why I prefer my desk strategically situated so that people are visible before they reach me. Used to have that at the old office.

Now isn't too terrible, I suppose. Few people do the sneaky thing anymore.

The thing that always got me was the woman who used to sit two cubes over, who would always peek over her desk to talk to me. She one asked me about LJ when I was glancing at it one day...

Looking back, I think she was trying to peg me for something. I eventually nabbed a privacy filter and that problem was thankfully eliminated, but still...nosy nosy nosy :P

I suppose the next thing I am inclined to ask, however, is how DOES one approach the Princess Moonbeam when her headphones are on?

as a stupid aside :)

[reddheart.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I could get away with headphones at work. I suppose I could, but I've never tried :)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Stand off to one side and say "Princess Moonbeam?" in a clear manner. I don't have my music turned up to deafening levels, so I do hear it when people try that.

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Well, I used to have people who would hug me too hard when I was corsetted at Ren Fairs. The only way to get them to stop (after asking nicely and explaining that it hurt me badly *repeatedly) was to yelp/scream. Stopped it right away.

Now, people walk into my office all the time, just walk in. Delivery people have figured out how to knock, but random people will open the door to see what I do or whatever. One short horrified yelp/scream and they never do it again. It does the trick- where a polite, please knock never seemed to work. sigh.

If you have your back to the room that is a hard call, how do they get your attention? It was a real problem for me wearing the ruff with my big costume- I couldn't see behind me. People would touch me from behind to get my attention all the time and scare me to bits. Sadly you probably can't justify having a persona guard at work, though it did the trick for me.

[coulrophobe.livejournal.com]

Eeesh. I wouldn't like either of those tactics, either. When I'm wearing headphones and someone needs to get my attention, they generally position themselves in my line of vision and wave, while sporting an enquiring look. Does the trick, and I don't kick them. Usually. :)

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Iiiif you're happy and you know it clap your hands!!

*duck*

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Bleah. Yeah, that's rude. This is why I have the door to my office in my peripheral vision.

*puts headphones on & resumes chairdancing*

[blueslide.livejournal.com]

Ick, how rude. Kind of like "clap on, clap off, The Clapper!"

A person I work with has taken to trilling "knock knock"! as she approaches me, several meters before she is within sight of me and my desk. This seems to have something to do with my sometime headphone use. It's not the greatest approach.

With our recent relocation I have been relieved of being the first person anyone sees when they enter the office. Being at "the front desk" meant everyone assumed I was the receptionist, and I got to learn how receptionists are treated. People would get my attention by shaking keys at me, or other noise-making, unnecessarily non-verbal, condescending approaches, headphones or no. Yuck.